[HD4550] Xorg freeze

[David Henningsson]

Binary package hint: xorg

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ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Feb 7 09:18:59 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20091209)
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA770T-UD3P
Package: xorg 1:7.5+1ubuntu2
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-12-generic root=UUID=ea805cd5-71ba-47e4-9ac8-14e70eaf8a61 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-12.17-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.5+1ubuntu2
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.7-0ubuntu8
 libdrm2 2.4.17-0ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.1-1ubuntu3
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
Title: Xorg freeze
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-12-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 06/24/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F2
dmi.board.name: GA-MA770T-UD3P
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF2:bd06/24/2009:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-MA770T-UD3P:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-MA770T-UD3P:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: GA-MA770T-UD3P
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 architecture: x86_64kernel: 2.6.32-12-generic

[David Henningsson (diwic)]

When booting 2.6.32-12, most of the times, no "ubuntu" splash screen is shown. A (movable) mouse pointer shows up after a while, and a small line (cursor) in the upper left corner. I then switch to a VT with Ctrl-Alt-F1 (and reported this bug). If I after that switch back with Ctrl-Alt-F7, the gdm login screen is shown, but when I try to login (after entered password and pressed ok) the system locks up hard.

when booting 2.6.32-11, this problem does not occur, so I'm unsure whether xorg or linux is the correct package for this one.

[Andreas Noteng (andreas-noteng)]

Since it's affecting both xorg and framebuffer I'm guessing kernel problem.
Can you please try with the latest kernel: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.33-rc6/
Just to make sure it hasn't already been fixed.

[David Henningsson (diwic)]

@Andreas: Tried it, showed gdm login screen but hung hard when logging in (with gdm login screen still showing).

[Andreas Noteng (andreas-noteng)]

Try removing plymouth.
There's another bug regarding nvidia-cards with the similar symptoms, if removing plymouth works then this is probably a duplicate of bug #516412